Boston Women's Sports interviews John and JoJo Boynton, who sold the Boston Pride and two other teams as part of a deal in which two leagues will be merged into one and a bunch of teams will go out of business. Although they're sanguine about a single league, they don't know if Boston will keep its team.

The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today that a player on a Pennsylvania teen hockey team owes nothing to a Massachusetts player he accidentally slashed in the wrist with one of his blades while checking him during a 2013 match in Marlboro - because checking's an integral part of the game and accidents happen, even if they sometimes mean the permanent loss of function in one hand. Read more.

UPDATE: Mayor Walsh reports that's not what he said.

The BBC reports Mayor Walsh is backing a proposal to host the 2016 Beanpot Tournament in Belfast.

First playoff game: Martha's Vineyard (10-7-3) vs. B.L.A. (10-6-4)
Monday 3 p.m. Murphy Rink

Temple Street in West Roxbury today once again hosted the annual Shamrock Shootout, which has grown from a small neighborhood block party to an event large enough to feature a sitting US senator dropping the ceremonial first puck (well, yellow plastic ball, actually).

Just ask Kat:

... Frankly, I'm a nervous wreck. I have channeled this excess excitement and nervousness into doing my nails multiple times. (I even went as far as to buy a new buffer. That means I'm serious.) But the nail filing and buffing isn't working. ...

Lorianne DiSabato took in the BC/UMass match on Friday (Eagles won, 2-1) and spotted some young fans.

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